diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/GroupEntityV1alpha1.test.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/GroupEntityV1alpha1.test.ts
index e7594772c1..94dcc2f14f 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/GroupEntityV1alpha1.test.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/GroupEntityV1alpha1.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('GroupV1alpha1Policy', () => {
         parent: 'group-a',
         ancestors: ['group-a', 'global-synergies', 'acme-corp'],
         children: ['child-a', 'child-b'],
-        descendents: ['desc-a', 'desc-b'],
+        descendants: ['desc-a', 'desc-b'],
       },
     };
     policy = new GroupEntityV1alpha1Policy();
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ describe('GroupV1alpha1Policy', () => {
     await expect(policy.enforce(entity)).resolves.toBe(entity);
   });
 
-  it('rejects missing descendents', async () => {
-    delete (entity as any).spec.descendents;
-    await expect(policy.enforce(entity)).rejects.toThrow(/descendents/);
+  it('rejects missing descendants', async () => {
+    delete (entity as any).spec.descendants;
+    await expect(policy.enforce(entity)).rejects.toThrow(/descendants/);
   });
 
-  it('accepts empty descendents', async () => {
-    (entity as any).spec.descendents = [''];
+  it('accepts empty descendants', async () => {
+    (entity as any).spec.descendants = [''];
     await expect(policy.enforce(entity)).resolves.toBe(entity);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/GroupEntityV1alpha1.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/GroupEntityV1alpha1.ts
index b3ab406729..c1d39d5b44 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/GroupEntityV1alpha1.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/GroupEntityV1alpha1.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface GroupEntityV1alpha1 extends Entity {
     parent?: string;
     ancestors: string[];
     children: string[];
-    descendents: string[];
+    descendants: string[];
   };
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class GroupEntityV1alpha1Policy implements EntityPolicy {
           parent: yup.string().notRequired().min(1),
           ancestors: yup.array(yup.string()).required(),
           children: yup.array(yup.string()).required(),
-          descendents: yup.array(yup.string()).required(),
+          descendants: yup.array(yup.string()).required(),
         })
         .required(),
     });